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unˈclosed, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not enclosed or shut in; unenclosed.
c1400Rom. Rose 3921, I wole with siker walle Close bothe roses and roser. I have to longe..Left hem unclosid wilfully. 1426Lydg. De Guil. Pilgr. 3208 Thogh thow sest hem bothe two Ber swerd And keyes in ther hond Naked & vnclosyd. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. ccccxxx. 306 And a thre leages in y⊇ way there stode the towne of Mardyke, a great vyllage on the see syde vnclosed. 1543Act 35 Hen. VIII, c. 17 §2 Every Month that the same Coppice..shall..be unclosed, not fenced, saved or preserved.
2. Not closed; open.
c1450Merlin xxix. 597 Than thei..be-helde towarde the see where thei saugh the cristin a litill vn-closed. c1470Gol. & Gaw. 60 The berne bovnit to the burgh with ane blith cheir, Fand the yettis vnclosit, and thrang in full thra. 1563Shute Archit. C iij, The other side is lefte vnclosed. 1790Coleridge Inside the Coach 2 'Tis hard on Bagshot Heath to try Unclosed to keep the weary eye. 1827Scott Highl. Widow iv, Night by night..she removed from her unclosed door to throw herself on her restless pallet. 1888H. Morten Sk. Hospital Life 35 If a man..has the smallest unclosed wound on his body.
b. transf. Of an account. (See close v. 8.)
1723Steele Consc. Lovers iv. i. 63, I don't love to leave any part of the Account unclos'd.
3. Not joined so as to enclose a space. (Cf. close v. 11.)
1551Recorde Pathw. Knowl. i. Defin., To speake properlie, a figure is euer made by platte formes, and not of bare lines unclosed. |